I sorta though that nomads would live off a small area. You know, one with borders, but without cities. All resources of this area would be pooled together to determine how much nomads live in there. These would of course be obstacles to aspiring colonists, as borders of these areas wouldn't move, so military might would have to be used. This means putting stack of units to nomads' territory and declaring war - this means all able nomads hop on their horses, or whatever they have, and attack your stack. Victory means your soldiers can start gleeful campaign of extermination and slavery, resulting to plunder, slaves and you getting area. In more civilized times, this'd be atrocity, so next best option would be setting up reservation for them.
Of course, war's not only thing you can do. Explorers can set up trading posts which trade with nomads. Explorers can also do the old Peter Minuit trick and try to buy land - however, if you try this many times, nomads might get angry at you. Also, if you get good relations enough, you might invite nomads to set up a city and join your civilization - this leads to you getting that city, but they'll be their own ethnic group, possibly leading to trouble later.
Of course, war's not only thing you can do. Explorers can set up trading posts which trade with nomads. Explorers can also do the old Peter Minuit trick and try to buy land - however, if you try this many times, nomads might get angry at you. Also, if you get good relations enough, you might invite nomads to set up a city and join your civilization - this leads to you getting that city, but they'll be their own ethnic group, possibly leading to trouble later.
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